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9.3.19 Car seat trade-ins; Wells Fargo has customer falsely arrested; YouTube settles over child pr…
Walmart and Target are offering great incentives for you to trade in your old (and likely expired) car seat. You can find out more about the Target d…
Clark Howard
09/03/2019
9.2.19 Is Amazon Prime worth it?; Keep your car as long as possible
Members of Amazon Prime pay $119 per year for 1-2 day delivery at no minimum, Prime only merchandise, Access to Prime instant video and no-frills mus…
Clark Howard
09/02/2019
8.30.19 Paying your mortgage bi-weekly to save money; Clark Stinks
Watch out for a pitch that claims you can pay your mortgage on a biweekly plan. Banks often get a commission by conning you into a biweekly payment p…
Clark Howard
08/30/2019
8.29.19 Best cars for resale value; Resort fees are the worst; Focusing on preventative care
JD Power reports on which vehicles best hold their value. If you will make one major change to the way you look at vehicles and drive your car until …
Clark Howard
08/29/2019
8.28.19 Natural gas rates plummeting; Disney streaming discount; Travel insurance for Fall Travel
Problems in the energy industry are working to consumer advantage. Natural gas is in oversupply and at wholesale, the price has been driven down. But…
Clark Howard
08/28/2019
8.27.19 Targeted promo codes abound online; Ford offers relief for defective transmissions; Change …
Individual discount codes are hit or miss these days, because they’ve become more personalized. Online sellers are using algorithms to target individ…
Clark Howard
08/27/2019
8.26.19 Labor Day gas prices; Beware this romance email scam; Amazon 3rd party sellers warning
Oil and in turn gas prices which were expected to be headed higher now, are in fact lower. AAA reports as we move into the Labor Day holiday period,…
Clark Howard
08/26/2019
8.23.19 Internet speeds are vastly overrated; Clark Stinks
Clark's neighborhood recently got 1gig internet service. He signed up. Speed tests show that they are not getting 1 gig. The WSJ did an in-depth test…
Clark Howard
08/23/2019
8.22.19 Beware college student debit cards; Expensive Nike subscription service; Facebook history e…
College students and their parents are being ripped off by the very colleges they’re attending. Banks approach universities to create co-branded camp…
Clark Howard
08/22/2019
8.21.19 Southwest Airlines cancelling routes; MoviePass data breach; Series I savings bonds are a g…
The 737 Max remains grounded as Boeing struggles to find fixes. The FAA, having lost its credibility from lack of oversight of the Max, is now relyin…
Clark Howard
08/21/2019
8.20.19 New ways to sell your home; Wells Fargo does it again; Fighting for your Equifax breach mon…
iBuyers are the real estate organizations that can buy homes to simplify the process. They have big money behind them to accomplish this and include …
Clark Howard
08/21/2019
8.19.19 Be vigilant when fighting for student loan forgiveness; Disney admission discount!; Your ph…
The student loan forgiveness program has failed, denying those in the public service profession forgiveness after 10 years of service in good faith. …
Clark Howard
08/19/2019
8.16.19 Why everyone hates customer service; Clark Stinks
According to the ACSI, pay TV, internet service providers, and traditional phone companies are the 3 industries that rank the worst in customer servi…
Clark Howard
08/16/2019
8.15.19 Owning a home isn't always the way to go; Teacher retirement plans stink; Private labels ta…
Housing prices have gone up way beyond income. In an effort to jumpstart home buying for those in their 20s & 30s, the Feds are offering a new FHA lo…
Clark Howard
08/15/2019
8.14.19 Prepare your personal finances for a possible recession; Vaping warning; The best single pe…
Bond rates are at all time record lows for 30 year federal treasury bonds, a strong signal of coming recession. If the economy slows or declines, wor…
Clark Howard
08/14/2019
8.13.19 Movie theater subscription services; Zombie debt on the rise; Beware the dent repair scam
Movie Pass and Sinemia are both effectively out of business. But in the process they taught the film theater industry that if you offer a deal, many …
Clark Howard
08/13/2019
8.12.19 Crazy good interest rates; Fake Equifax settlement sites; New cheap streaming services
Credit card interest rates are at an all-time high. At a time when interest cost to banks is very low for what they borrow to lend on credit cards, …
Clark Howard
08/12/2019
8.9.19 DOT rules for flight passengers with food allergies; Clark Stinks
Complaints against American Airlines have been filed for their refusal to accommodate passengers with nut or any food allergies. The DOT has determin…
Clark Howard
08/09/2019
8.8.19 Social Security account hacking; School hours for teens; Best family cell plans
Social security hacking is a rare but ongoing crime, wherein a criminal hijacks someone's social security benefit, convincing the authorities of an a…
Clark Howard
08/08/2019
8.7.19 Employee relief funds; Major landlord accused of ponzi scheme; Car-sharing apps on the rise
Way too often people will raid their 401(k) at some point. They take out a loan, do a hardship withdrawal, or spend it away when changing jobs. The F…
Clark Howard
08/07/2019